What should we do about meta-analysis and effect size?
By Rob Coe
In part 1 of this series of blog posts, I set out some of the recent criticisms that...
Serious critiques of meta-analysis and effect size: researchED 2018
By Rob Coe
Since I became a researcher in the late 1990s, I have been an advocate of using effect...
The results are in… so what next?
By Sue Holt
The GCSE and IGCSE results have been published so no doubt there have been...
The importance of looking at value-added on results day
By Mark S. Steed, Director, JESS, Dubai
This week sees thousands of students receiving their GCSE...
Signs of progress: what can we learn from results?
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no...
Spotlight on Research – getting to grips with what’s available
“We need to make sure that research findings get into the hands of teachers in ways that are most...
Vocabulary: A number of words?
Deep vocabulary learning is irreversible, irreplaceable and essential to learning and thinking....
In pursuit of reliability and validity
Any good assessment is a balance between reliability and validity.
Evidence-based improvement
At the Festival of Education 2018, Rob Coe’s presentation followed on from his recent blog post But...
But that is NOT AN ASSESSMENT!
It has become common, although I still find it surprising, to hear teachers use the word ‘data’ as...